Siverga ( kk, Сиверга; russian: Сиверга , is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

Kyzylzhar District Kyzylzhar ( kk, Қызылжар ауданы, ) is a district of North Kazakhstan Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Beskol. Population: Geography The district capital Beskol is located to the south of ...

North Kazakhstan Region North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazak ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

and Berdyuzhye and

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

districts of

Tyumen Oblast Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals ...

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. The lake is located to the southeast of Berdyuzhye and to the southwest of Kazanskoye, the district capitals in Russia, and to the NNW of

Petropavl Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also kno ...

city, the regional capital in Kazakhstan. Polovinnoye village lies to the west of the western shore and Novoalexandrovka to the southeast of the eastern shore. Siverga is located at the

Kazakhstan–Russia border The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russia ...

, with most of the lake in Russia and only a small sector of the southern end in Kazakhstan.

Geography

Siverga is an

endorheic lake An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...

belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located in an area dotted with small lakes at the southern edge of the

Ishim Plain Ishim Steppe (russian: Ишимская равнина, kk, Есіл даласы, ''Yesil dalasy'') is a plain in the southern part of Western Siberia, between the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Administratively it is part of Kurgan, Tyumen, and Omsk ...

, part of the

West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...

. The lake has an elongated capital letter "E" shape, stretching from north to south for almost . It has two bays opening to the northeastern and southeastern ends respectively. There is also a bay in the center of the eastern shore with an attached small circular lake. Lake Akush is located to the southeast, also on the border, and Tavolzhan to the east. Lake Stanovoye lies in Kazakhstan, to the SSW and Medvezhye in Russia, to the WSW.

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Fauna

The lake is a

important bird area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

, providing a habitat for a number of migratory bird species, including the nesting of the

pallid harrier The pale or pallid harrier (''Circus macrourus'') is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier subfamily. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. ''Circus'' is from ''kirkos'', referring to a bird of prey named for its circling fli ...

and the

northern pintail The pintail or northern pintail (''Anas acuta'') is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding ra ...

. The

Dalmatian pelican The Dalmatian pelican (''Pelecanus crispus'') is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans. They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspan ...

has also been reported at the lake.Siverga lake - BirdLife Data Zone
/ref> In the Russian Federation Siverga is also an officially

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

.ООПТ России - Сиверга
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References

External links

Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Tyumen Oblast Endorheic lakes of Asia Lakes of North Kazakhstan Region West Siberian Plain Kazakhstan–Russia border Important Bird Areas of Russia Important Bird Areas of Kazakhstan

Geography

Fauna

See also

References

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